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A Discription of London by a Lady
c.1750
Impressionistic description of 18th-century London, its greatly varying urban buildings, people, and street and social life
Ballades dedicated to the Lady Victoria Uvedale, by Patrick Cary
Cary, Patrick
1652-1653
F.3r: title-page; ff.4r-23v: thirteen "ballades" on pages numbered 1-40; f.24r: colophon, "Ballades composed, and transcribed by Iohn Patricke Carey, when Hee had little else to doe."; f.24v (inverted...
To a young lady who commanded a mathematician to write verses, by Brook Taylor
Taylor, Brook (1685-1731)
c.1710
Love poem in praise of the beauty and virtues of a young lady, expressed in mathematical and scientific terms, warning her to resist the advances of all the planets but Saturn
Poems breathed forth by the nobel Hadassas, and The unfortunate Florinda, by Lady Hesther Pulter
Pulter, Lady Hester (1605-1678); Madan, Judith (1702-1781)
1645?-1665
Lady Hesther Pulter was the sixth daughter of James Ley, 1st earl of Marlborough. F.1r bears a note of the author being aged 71 in 1667 and dying March or April 1678 aged 82. Bound in reversed calf,...
Poems breathed forth by the nobel Hadassas, and The Unfortunate Florinda, by Lady Hesther Pulter
Pulter, Lady Hester (1605-1678); Madan, Judith
c.1645-1665
A collection of poetry, beginning on flyleaf and then on ff.2r-130v; from back, inverted, on f.1r, 2v-36v, is an incomplete prose romance, The Unfortunate Florinda. Detached, previusly inserted matter...
Some short observations on the life of Sir Thomas Wharton, by Lady Jane Wharton
Wharton, Jane
c.1700
Title page, f.1r: "Some short observations on ye life of ye honorable Sir Thomas Wharton second son to ye right honorable ye Lord Wharton: made by ye Lady Wharton wife to ye said Sir Thomas for ye use...
Elegia Popi in memoriam virginis infelicis in latinum versum reddita
Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)
1731
Also known as:Elegy to the memory of an unfortunate lady Comprises a translation into Latin hexameters of Pope's 'Elegy to the memory of an unfortunate lady', dated 1731; the original poem was publis...
'Epistle to the Lady Margaret, Countess of Cumberland', by Samuel Daniel [Hatton Manuscript], with letter from Margaret Clifford to Lord North
Daniel, Samuel (1562-1619)
c.1600
Folio manuscript, originally folded in two, presumed to be in the hand of Samuel Daniel, with occasional revisions. Daniel had been tutor to Margaret Clifford's daughter Anne. Written in a single hand...
Four verse epistles, by Samuel Daniel
Daniel, Samuel (1562-1619)
c.1601-1625
(1) Epistle. To Prince Henrie [Henry, Prince of Wales]; (2) Epistle. To Sir R.C. [possibly to Sir Robert Kerr of Ancrum]; (3) Epistle. To the Ladye Harrington [to Anne, Lady Harington; (4) Advice to a...
Upon the approach of the shore at Harwich, in January 1668; begun under the mast at the desire of my Lady Giffard, by Sir William Temple
Temple, Sir William
1668
Panegyric on England - contrasting it favourably with foreign countries and also praising Charles II - written at the suggestion of Temple's sister Lady Giffard when he was returning home by sea with ...
A Christian kalendar, consisting of three starrs and many lights, by Martin Baynes.
Baynes, Martin
c.1615
Comprises a long religious poem expounding Christian doctrine through imaginative use of the stars; preceded by a dedication to Lady Frances Grantham, a prose dedication to Sir Thomas Grantham, and so...
Satirical poem to James II occasioned by the Declaration of Indulgence.
c.1687-1688
Comprises a satirical poem on the Declaration of Indulgence, in which poets express their thanks and urge all other loyal subjects to fall in with the King's wishes. For variant manuscript versions se...